Three musicians with a mutual love and respect of the classics of Blues Rock music, big guitar riffs, soulful vocals and dynamic drumming. Yes our latest addition to LastMinuteBandz are Sidewinder (Vid Of The Day) - their influences stemming from the iconic players of the seventies through to present day in the Blues Rock genre as diverse as Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, BB King and Joe Bonamassa. Formed in 2009, the band is jointly fronted by Dave Gray and Stuart McMahon. They were later joined by Clive Edwards ex of UFO and Pat Travers Band on drums to complete this driving force of Rocking Blues​!

"6pm was time for the Zombies, a band originally formed, as they kept reminding us, over 50 years ago. This puts the members well into their 70’s, though none of them actually mentioned that! Only two of the original Zombies remain, but they are the key two: Colin Blunstone (lead vocals) and Rod Argent (keyboard and vocals). Apart from the obligatory couple of songs from their latest album, the set consisted of well-known songs not only from the Zombie’s history but also from the solo spells of Colin (‘I Don’t Believe In Miracles’) and Rod (‘Hold Your Head Up’). At 71 Colin’s voice is inevitably past its best and occasionally faded, but it mattered not - the songs were so well known the singing crowd was often drowning out his vocals anyway. In any case, Rod’s keyboard playing, always critical to the Zombies’ success, has hardly faltered; it was particularly impressive on ‘Time of the Season’. Of all the bands playing on Saturday, I probably enjoyed the Zombies’ set most, possibly because I knew virtually all the songs - but that’s just giving my age away!!" Read the rest of Big Ian's excellent Ramblin' Man Fair review here from Saturday plus check out his own Vid Of The Day!

Teresa Masciana (Vid Of The Day) began her career as sound engineer in Italy and still manages her own recording studio and mobile sound company which has taken her on tour with artists and bands in Europe, Canada and USA! In March 2012 - the latest addition to our LastMinuteBandz - surprised everyone with her first album 'Don’t Love Me' (Top Records) an upbeat collection of songs with a positive, commercial indie sound. Halfway through 2015 Teresa decided to move to England to produce her new music and to live close to the British record industry which has always fascinated her. On April 2016 her new album 'I Need You' was released by the British label Long Tales Recording. The album contains four sparkling and visceral songs. British influences light up Teresa’s songs giving them an international taste. The original sounds, the new voice and her energy seem to have been renewed by the new country!

Was it exactly one week ago that Joe Bonamassa joined a host of named legends as he received his brick in The Cavern ‘Wall of Fame’ ahead of his intimate Cavern gig at Liverpool’s cellar club as a thank you to his British fans for the support they have shown him through his career? With a review waiting in the wings have a look at footage here plus check out some new additions to our Photo Gallery here.

This week's Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day has another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat. Mostly Blues with Rock, Acoustic, R&B/Soul, Jazz, Swing, UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, New Releases and favourite Classic Tracks - the play list this week features Buddy Guy, Stevie Nimmo, Little Boys Blue, ANA Popovic, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Catfish, Big Wolf Band, Tinsley Ellis, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, RootBone, Bahama Soul Club, Matty T Wall, Wily Bo Walker, Kaz Hawkins Band, Brenda Boykin, Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys, Kris Barras Band (pictured), Julie Rhodes, Allen Toussaint, Elam Mcknight, The BluesBones, The Blues Spiders, Two Blue Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

Sorry but it's all down to the mud gremilins that today's update was only posted this afternoon! As they say, all good things come to an end - and who better to bring the curtain down on Download 2016 than Iron Maiden! Despite the apalling weather, Bruce & the boys signed off in style on a day when we also took in Saxon. Anyway, check out today's Vid Of The Day, watch out for pics tomorrow plus a brief review later this week.

What a great night we had on Tuesday at London's 100 Club with headliners Tommy Castro & The Painkillers plus acoustic support from Sari Schorr & Innes Sibun. Sari not only kindly allowed the WRC to interview here backstage before the gig (during Tommy's soundcheck) but she also posted yesterday the following tweet which we very much appreciated: "@WRINKLYCLUB thank you for your continued support and for coming to the show last night. We love you!" Anyway with that interview and a review to come, in the meantime check out our Photo Gallery here.

June usually heralds the Festival season - and 2016 is no exception - so watch out for today's June WRC e-mail bulletin that's going out with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Merchandise, FREE Membership, CD Reviews or our latest Gig Calendar - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

JOANovARC rocked The Borderline in London last night at the official label launch party of their new single 'White Trash' due to be released on Friday 10th June. The excellent Lilith And The Knight and Fire Red Empress were also on the bill so watch out shortly for a review and some pics - but in the meantime check out todays Vid Of The Day!

"Bummer" was our US correspondent Rick Menniti's reaction to missing Neil Young at a very wet Jazz Fest - take a look at our Track Of The Day to see why. At least The Revivalists made the front page Rick. Meanwhile the WRC are off to the O2 Islington Academy tonight for Halfway To New York's album launch. Check out our Vid Of The Day - 'Bleed' - the opening single from 'Tremor'.

"The Manic Street Preachers have gone back 20 years to celebrate their triple platinum selling game changing record 'Everything Must Go' that scored them their first commercial success, and the mood is one of some kind of homecoming. Gritted teeth ode to the working class 'A Design For Life' arrives straight after James Dean Bradfield plays the rest of the band onto the stage with 'Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier', rousing the crowd to their feet in an instant." Read the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's Manic's Royal Albert Hall review here plus check out today's Vid Of The Day.

According to Route 66 host Rory Auskerry - it would appear that Van Halen knew about the Panama tax haven back in the mid-1980’s when they were writing material for their 1984 album! Consequently today's Track Of The Day starts with the rockin' hit 'Panama' plus there are new tracks from Steve Hill, SIMO (pictured), Robert Hill and Broken Witt Rebels plus classic tunes from Deep Purple, ZZ Top and Little Feat. Rory also take a look through this week’s music news and celebrate the birthdays this week of Marc Ford (Black Crowes) and Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple).